TWO MARCH HAPPENINGS......

 adrienne mac came by with some lovely fabrics for chindi nation

and her best beau, jim, wanted to be included, so here he is.....

and these, these, are the lovely, long, dangly earrings, original design

made for me by
star casement,
who comes for our
thursday afternoon
sewing circle at carnegie center, in case you would like to meet her.

boho curtains

the boost came from pinterest
one of the neatest social media sites ever.  

ever

the fabrics are a skirt i don't wear
any more but couldn't bear to give away

add an old bedspread that got ripped in the dryer, and i couldn't bear to give away,

put them together, and 

ta da ..... my boho style bedroom
curtain.






in all it's glory

the kindness of the women who donate to chindi workshops

the kindness of the women who have recently donated to chindi nation workshops and clinics shall go down in the history of the downtown eastside.

lookit, this is a sample of the beautiful, gorgeous, amazing astounding cloth donated by a woman whom i know only through the stall she has at the powell street festival.  

how these fabrics got to us is a story in itself. 

muriel, the woman who has donated these cloths had a conversation with her friend, kathy, and said she wanted to unload some of her collection.  kathy mentioned this to kazuho.  kazuho asked me if i wanted fabrics and gleefully i said, yes, yes, yes, please.  of course, the sequence of events is guessing by me, but the conduit of muriel-kathy-kazuho-chindi nation-sewing group stands.

arrangements were made and on two occasions in the summer, kathy arrived with boxes and bags of lovely cloth, and these are only a small portion of the gift we received.

after discussion with some members of the sewing group that meet at carnegie centre (anne, denise, louise, ruth) we decided to make ourselves (yes, i am including myself in this largesse) smashing outfits.  do they still use that expression?  

the fabric that is left over will be then used by the carnegie girl band to make themselves some glittery wear (vests perhaps, and headbands) and the balance will then find it’s way to the thursday sewing group, open to all, for use.

this is only one woman, or chain of women, who have donated fabric and quality clothing for up and re cycling.

the others are, alphabetically:

anne d,

jane k,

maggie rose m via ruth mcg

wen zhu

whom we gratefully thank, and will feature when we decide what we are going to do with their largesse

what do you think?  is this a good allocation of this wealth?

cheers

karenza

so, this is the thing.

for the past year or two i have been making these little booklets and distributing them to whomever.

i tear recycled paper into half, then fold it over, and then write on the blank pieces.

it makes for an interesting

'textural' read because there are all sorts of interesting snippets of information on the side that is not blank.  like so

this particular booklet has some pages from northrup's women's bodies, and a page from a notice from our housing coop.

the clean green recipes are hand written, and personally guaranteed - i use these myself.

chindi nation at heart of the city festival, among other wonderful events

so, here we are, another year rolled on by and it is heart of the city festival time again.  this is where the downtown eastside of Vancouver shines with the deep, warm, rich glow of community spirit, a festival of sharing, of celebration, and, not to sound too hokey about it, love.  

okay karenza, stop being mooshy.

so, chindi nation is joining in the opening day festivities by giving a bunting workshop, tucked there, in between the afternoon opening ceremonies, and the evenings extravaganza of entertainment.  

happenings - past, present, future

there is so much happening in the 'hood, the city, the geographical west coast, the 'north american' land mass, the 'hemisphere' the planet, the galaxy, the universe and beyond.  and i keep thinking of the butterfly flapping it's wings in tokyo and mount st. helen erupting fiercely.  

something like this image posted by my friend vikki, the image is photographed by stephen ellcock. in such beauty we could be destroyed.  

my friend jacqueline's husband of many years died earlier this month; i never knew him - just from facebook pictures.  a good man; he had to be a good man to be married to jacqueline; who is a strong and gentle woman.

and one way or another our time on this planet, the world, this universe......................

chindi needlework clinic - mending sheets

after a while sheets tend to wear and thin out at the center portion, while the edges retain their 'bounce'.

indians are a frugal people.  i remember my grandmother, josephine jacobs hackett, settling down every afternoon, after lunch and before nap time, working at this type of work.  and she did it all by hand, no sewing machine.

as a self proclaimed practitioner of the slow work movement,(google it), and in keeping with the promise in my last post,  here we are.  you can view this clinic by clicking on the youtube link http://www.youtube.com/user/kalikalimai1?feature=mhee
the reason for this link method is because i couldn't get blogspot to accept my little slide show.  

stay tuned for further chindi needlework clinics in the downtown eastside vancouver.  

toodles
:)karenza

mending & darning workshop - last session of pilot series.

my scarf

i am giving a workshop on darning and mending.  bring your clothing or linen and help save our environment while saving your money.

the workshop will be at the carnegie community center, 401 main street, vancouver, in the basement art studio. 

it is on thursday 26th july 2012 from 1 to 4 pm.  coffee pot ready.

this is an article on darning as an art form, a quick and easy read.

http://www.treehugger.com/style/darning-clothes-as-an-art-form.html